Speed-controlling governor.



No. 7l0,597. Patented Oct. 7, I902. H. N. NOTSINGEB.

SPEED CONTROLLING GOVERNOR.

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HOMER N. MOTSINGER, OF PENDLETON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 'lO MOTSINGER DEVICE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PENDLETON, INDIANA, A COR- PORATION OF INDIANA.

SPEED-CONTROLLING GOVERNOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,597, dated October 7, 1902.

Application filed February 15, 1902. Serial No. 94,228. (No model.

To all whom it may concern: posite end of which is pivoted at 18 to the Beit known that I, HOMER N. MOTSINGER, a body of the dynamo 1. Link 17 is preferably citizen of the United States, residing at Penprovided with a central opening 19, through dleton, in the county of Madison and State of which extends a spring 20, one end of which 5 Indiana, have invented certain new and useis attached to a standard 21, carried by the 55 ful Improvements in Speed-Controlling Govbase, and the other end of which is attached ernors, of which the following is a specifica to an adjusting-rod 22. Rod 22 passes through tion. one arm 13 of the lever and carries at its outer My invention relates to an improvement in end an adjusting-nut 23, longitudinally admeans for controlling the speed for a rotary justable on the rod and adapted to engage 6o shaft, being especially designed for use in the arm 13, so as to cause spring 20 to draw connection with a sparking dynamo for gas plate 12 against pin 11 of head 10, at the engines, as shown in my Patent No. 642,869. same time acting upon the body of the dy- In the use of dynamos of the class described namo through link 17.

[ the pulley of the dynamois held in automatic In operation when link 17 is attached as 65 intermittent contact with the periphery of a shown in full lines in the drawing the tenddriving-pulley, such as the fly-wheel of the ency of spring 20 is to throw pulley 3 up engine, and the point of application to the about the axis 5, and when the shaft 2 is rodriving-pulley, either above or below its axis, tated the governor-balls 7 will fly out, so as :0 depends upon circumstances. to shifthead 10 on the shaft, and by pressing 70 The object of my invention is therefore to itagainst plate 12 arm 13 swings the lever to produce mechanism which shall be efficient the right and causes link 17 to swing the dyand sensitive for causing intermittent connamo about the axis 5 in the opposite directact, preferably intermittent peripheral contion. By connecting link 17 to arm 13 of the :5 tact, between the driving and driven pulleys lever, as shown in dotted lines in the draw- 75 and of such character that by a slight shifting, the action of spring 20 upon the parts ing of parts the machine may be applied is reversed. either above or below the axis'of the driving- I claim as my invention pulley. 1. In a speed-controlling governor, the com- The accompanying drawing, which isa perbination with a shaft bearing, of a shaft 80 spective view, illustrates myinvention as apmounted therein, a pivotal support for the plied to my present form of sparking dynamo. shaft-bearing outside the shaft-axis, a lever In the drawing, 1 indicates a dynamo propivoted upon the support, a speed-controlled vided with an armature-shaft 2 and driven governor carried by the shaft and engaging 5 pulley 3. The dynamois pivotally supported the lever, and a connection between the le 8: in a base 4 on an axis 5, which axis is exterver and the shaft-bearing, substantially for nal t0 the axis of the shaft 2, being in the the purpose set forth. present case at right angles thereto. 2. Inaspeed-controlling governor, the com- Secured to shaft 2 is a pair of arms 6, to bination with a shaft-bearing, of a shaft 40 each of which is pivoted a ball-lever 7, the mounted therein, a pivotal support for the 0 inner end 8 of which engages a flange 9 of a shaft-bearing outside the shaft-axis, a lever head 10, sleeved upon shaft 2 and longitupivoted upon the support, a speed-controlled dinally movable thereon. Head 10 is progovernor carried by the shaft-bearing, and vided with a small axial pin 11, which enmeans for connecting either arm of the lever gages a hardened plate 12, carried by the upto the shaft-bearing, for the purpose set forth. 95 per end 13 of a lever pivoted at 14 to the base 3. In aspeed-controlling governor,the comand provided with an arm 13 opposite arm bination with a shaft -bearing, of a shaft 13, and at equal distances from the pivot I mounted therein, a pivotal support for the provide points 15 and 1G, to either of which shaft-bearing outside the shaft-axis, a lever may be pivoted one end of a link 17, the op pivoted upon the support, a head axially mov- 10o able upon the shaft and adapted to engage one arm of the lever, speed-controlled means carried by the shaft and adapted to shift the head upon the shaft, a link connecting said lever with the shaft-bearing, and a spring urging said lever into engagement with the sliding head.

4. In a speed-controlling governor, the combination with a shaft bearing, of a shaft mounted therein, a pivotal support for the shaft-bearing outside the shaft-axis, a lever pivoted upon the support, a head axially movable upon the shaft and adapted to engage one arm of the lever, speed-controlled means carried by the shaft and adapted to shift the head upon the shaft, a link connected to the shaft-bearing, and means for attaching said link to either arm of the lever.

5. In aspeed-controllin'g governor,the combination with a suitable support, of a shaft and pulley carried thereby, aspeed-controlled governor carried by said shaft, a lever engaged by said speed controlled governor, and intermediate connections for connecting either arm of the lever tothe pulley whereby governor will automatically shift the pulley. 35

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 8th day of February, A. D. 1902.

HOMER N. MOTSINGER. [L. s]

Witnesses:

ARTHUR M. H001), FRANK A. FAHLE.

5 the speed-controlled governor will automat- 

